Rollerblader in hospital after being hit by truck on Staten Island's Hylan Boulevard

Staten Island Advance/Michael McWeeneyPolice investigate the scene where a man wearing inline skates was involved in an accident with a red pick up truck at the intersection of Hylan Boulevard and Dongan Hills Avenue.

A 41-year-old Staten Island rollerblader is in critical condition after he was struck by a truck on Hylan Boulevard at Dongan Hills Avenue.

The victim, whose name was not immediately released, was given CPR at the scene following the 2 p.m. accident and is currently at Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze. He apparently collided with the rear section of a red Dodge Ram pickup truck turning right onto Dongan Hills Avenue from Hylan Boulevard southbound.

Police said he ran into the truck.

"I made the turn; he was on skates and come flying at me and hit the truck," said the driver and owner of the truck, who wouldn't give his name but was identified by the vehicle's registration as Richard Profeta, of Dongan Hills. "He was going full speed, I heard a bam and seen him lying on the (ground)."

A witness said the victim was skating north on the sidewalk of Hylan Boulevard and had skated around and behind another vehicle that was turning from Dongan Hills Avenue onto Hylan Boulevard southbound when he was struck by the truck turning onto Dongan Hills Avenue from Hylan.